Title: Identify quality assurance reports related to nursing units, products, and/or supplies.
Course: Pharmacy Technician II (14152-II) > Section: Maintaining Medication and Inventory Control Systems

Identification should include

- reviewing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (USFDA) Orange Book equivalence formulary revision
- reviewing how to perform nursing unit audits
- evaluating the performance of wholesalers.

See PTCB 2.8 (https://www.ptcb.org/lib24watch/files/pdf/169).

See ASHP 3.10, 4.8 (https://www.ashp.org/-/media/assets/professional-development/technician-program-accreditation/docs/ashp-acpe-pharmacy-technician-accreditation-standard-2018.ashx?la=en&hash=36EAA6511105A6C6BFEA4F30E193892F19E2C385).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are some examples of common drug misadventures related to products and/or supplies?
- How does the pharmacy technician in a practice setting play an integral role in preventing drug misadventures?
- Which daily tasks of the pharmacy technician require special attention to accuracy and double-checking to assure that medical misadventures do not occur?
- Why is it important for the pharmacy technician to be detail-oriented in daily tasks to ensure that medical misadventures do not occur?